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The Sophomore

1929 film

August 24, 1929 (1929-08-24)

Running time

73 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (All-Talking)
English Intertitles

The Sophomore is a 1929 American sound all-talking pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Eddie Quillan, Sally O'Neil and Jeanette Loff.^[1] Made during the early sound era, it was shot using the RCA Photophone sound system. The film survives in an mute print of the alternate sound version known as an International Sound Version which was meant to be played along with Vitaphone discs.^[2] It is not known whether the Vitaphone type soundtrack discs to the International Sound Version are extant.

Plot

Sophomore Joe Collins returns to college for his second year, but loses the money for his tuition in a craps game. To raise the money he takes a job working as a soda jerk. When he loses that job, he is supported financially by his co-worker Margie Callahan without his knowledge. Eventually, after a major college football game, he discovers the truth.

Cast

Eddie Quillan as Joe Collins
Sally O'Neil as Margie Callahan
Stanley Smith as Tom Weck
Jeanette Loff as Barbara Lange
Russell Gleason as Dutch
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Collins
Brooks Benedict as Dan Willis
Spec O'Donnell as Joe's Nephew
Walter O'Keefe as Gabriel McAfee - Radio Announcer
Jimmy Aldine as Student
Lew Ayres as Sophomore Fraternity Brother
Ray Cooke as Sophomore Fraternity Brother
Stuart Erwin as Radio Broadcast Technician
Dorothy Granger as Co-Ed
Marian Marsh as Co-Ed
Grady Sutton as Cupie - Freshman Fraternity Brother
Gretta Tuttle as Co-Ed
Dorothy Ward as Co-Ed

Music

The film features a theme song entitled "Little By Little" which was composed by Robert Emmett Dolan (as Bobby Dolan) and Walter O'Keefe. In the film it is sung by Eddie Quillan and Sally O'Neil.

References

^ Munden p.747
^ The titles to this version declare "Recorded by RCA Photophone System" and gives credit to the sound engineers who worked on the film.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.